Lionel Scaloni provided a list of 30 footballers on Monday for the next three matches of the Argentine National Team in the South American Qualifiers towards the World Cup in Qatar. The squad led by Lionel Messi is made up mostly of the players who won the Copa América title in July, with the additions of goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli, defender Juan Foyth, midfielder Emiliano Buendía and forward Paulo Dybala.
Dybala is the great novelty in the payroll that Scaloni provided, who was also targeting Mauro Icardi, but the Paris Saint Germain forward injured his shoulder in the French league game against Brest on Friday and will have between three and four weeks to recover. The Cordoba Dybala, for his part, had a great performance in his debut in the Italian league, with a goal and an assist for Juventus in the 2-2 draw against Udinese and will take the place of Sergio Agüero, out due to injury.
Foyth and Rulli will also return, both Europa League champions with Spanish Villarreal. The defender, who played the last qualifying matches, had been left out of the Copa América in the last cut. Meanwhile, the goalkeeper will occupy the square that Agustín Marchesín had been using., which this time was not summoned due to a nuisance. Good day, teammate of goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez at Aston Villa, He is the other absent in the Copa América who was called up again.
With the sale of Gonzalo Montiel to Seville, only two local players are part of Scaloni’s summons: Franco Armani and Julián Alvarez, both from River. For this reason, the leadership of the millionaire club intends to change the dates of the matches against Sarmiento and Independiente, since it also has Robert Rojas and David Martínez in Paraguay and Nicolás De la Cruz in Uruguay, with the possibility that in the next few hours Paulo Díaz will join in Chile.
The players mentioned by Scaloni will face the three matches that Argentina will play for the Qualifiers in September. Thursday 2 will be the first match against Venezuela in Caracas, while on Sunday 5 he will also play as a visitor against Brazil, to close the triple FIFA Date on Thursday 9 against Bolivia at the Monumental.
Scaloni’s full list
Archers: Franco Armani, Emiliano Martínez, Juan Musso and Gerónimo Rulli.
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi. Juan Foyth, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico and Marcos Acuña.
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios, Guido Rodríguez, Nicolás Domínguez, Emiliano Buendía and Alejandro Gómez.
Forwards: Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás González, Angel Correa, Paulo Dybala, Ángel Di María, Julián Alvarez and Joaquín Correa.
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